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Police review contracts between VšZP and Klinika Kostka
THE NATIONAL Criminal Agency (NAKA) has, of its own initiative, responded to suspicions emerging in the media by analysing all contracts concluded by the state-owned health insurer VšZP, including those with Klinika Kostka.
UPDATED: Nurses ready to strike compromise, Fico refuses
NURSES and midwives who filed resignations recently agreed with the proposal made by Prime Minister Robert Fico whereby they were urged to go back to their jobs.
Quote of the Week
“What is it? We file a complaint for what?”
Slovaks stand behind the strikers
THE RECENT mass protests in Slovakia have support among the public, according to a survey carried out by the Focus polling agency.
MP Novotný calls for session of health committee
THE MASS resignations of nurses might endanger the smooth functioning of hospitals, especially in Prešov, Žilina and Trnava, MP and extra-parliamentary party Šanca vice-chair Viliam Novotný said on February 3.
Doctor allegedly earned on contract with health insurer
THE REVENUES of the clinic owned by doctor Pavol Kostka allegedly increased 10 fold over two years, thanks to contracts with state-run health insurer Všeobecná Zdravotná Poisťovňa (VšZP).
Nurses ready to reach compromise
THE NURSES who have handed in mass resignations declared their willingness to reach a compromise in order to prevent further damage in the health-care sector.
Nurses left hospitals, causing emergency situation
WHEN nurses’ resignation notices became effective on Monday, February 1, at least two hospitals experienced serious problems: the teaching hospitals in Žilina and Prešov where about one-fifth of all nurses have resigned.
Resigning nurses stage march across Žilina
NURSES organised a march from the Faculty Hospital and Polyclinic (FNsP) in Žilina to the city’s St. Mary’s Square on January 27 in an effort to draw attention to the impending exit of 181 nurses from the hospital.
Health care in Slovakia deteriorates
THE QUALITY of health care in Slovakia has been declining since 2013.
Quote of the week
“I would not leave the patients.”
Nurses leave hospitals
AT LEAST 10 hospitals across the country may struggle with a lack of nurses over the coming months.
Nurses marched in downtown Prešov
SEVERAL hundred nurses from the Prešov hospital, their relatives and also Košice medical workers marched on January 20 around the centre of Prešov.
Prime minister receives letter from nurses
THE REPRESENTATIVES of nurses and midwives personally delivered to the Government Office a letter for Prime Minister Robert Fico, in which they call upon him to address the mass resignations of nurses.
State insurer gives more money to hospitals
SMALL and medium-sized hospitals will get more money from the state-owned health insurer Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa (VšZP).
Nurses in Prešov fail to show for work
THE SITUATION in the Teaching Hospital of Ján Adam Reiman in Prešov is critical as some nurses who handed in their termination notices went on sick leave.
Teachers and nurses join forces
PROTESTING teachers and nurses are reportedly planning joint protest actions to draw attention to the poor conditions in both sectors.
Electronic bills of health/health cards postponed
AS FOR now, the project of electronic bills of health/health cards has been scrapped. The Finance Ministry agreed with the Aliancia Fair-play and the slovensko.digital platform which asked for the public procurement concerning the new cards to be halted.
Institute’s employees arrested for trading medication
POLICE detained six employees of the National Institute of Oncology (NOÚ) for selling the medication for cancer patients and charged them with theft.
UPDATED: Medical workers’ salaries will increase next year
MPS overrode the president’s veto concerning changes to the Health-Care Providers Act, which means that the salaries of some medical workers will increase as of January 2016.
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